Rejoice In The Lord

Rejoicing is the opposite of anxiety. It is when our focus is on the Lord, his person, character, his work and his promises that we truly live lives of rejoicing. How does this call to joy fit in with the stark warning which follows? Paul is showing clearly that it is ‘in the Lord’ which matters; if we follow another path we are not in the Lord, and we will not have this joy, hence the warning of verse 2 and then the contrast of “in the Lord” in verse 3